Volpatti on the 4th had me thinking who I'd really want to acquire for my forever eternal quest to have a top 4th line.

Signing Prust (LW/RW) would be a solid move ($1M-$1.5M per)

Prust Lappy KassWeiss Volpatti (spares)

I remember when he was playing for Calgary and he was hell to play against as he made our defense pay each shift with his non stop strong forecheck.

Prust:

ASSETS: Works hard and loves to get in the face of his opponents. Has solid defensive instincts, is an aggressive forechecker and excellent penalty killer. An outstanding team guy that leads by example, he'll rumble with anyone.FLAWS: Won't score a lot of points at the National Hockey League level, since he lacks above-average speed and overall natural skill. Takes on all comers, so he tends to play hurt a lot.CAREER POTENTIAL: Physical agitating defensive winger.

It is reported that Shane Doan will test the free agent market. He'd be the perfect guy for our team and he'd make a great mentor for a guy like Kassian. If we can get rid of the contracts of Lou, Ballard, Booth, it'd really free up some money to go for this guy. I don't mind offering him like a 2 year contract @ like $6-$7 mill/per.

Todd Bersnoozi wrote:It is reported that Shane Doan will test the free agent market. He'd be the perfect guy for our team and he'd make a great mentor for a guy like Kassian. If we can get rid of the contracts of Lou, Ballard, Booth, it'd really free up some money to go for this guy. I don't mind offering him like a 2 year contract @ like $6-$7 mill/per.

No reason at all to get rid of contracts to pick him up, other than one of the goalies. Even if the Nucks sign Garrison for $4.5 million a season or so they still have the money to go after Doan at $5 to $6 million, depending on what else they do.

Will be interesting to see how GIllis spends his cap space this year, he's got quite a bit of it.

I know this won't be popular, but what about a $2-$3mil one year offer to Oli Jokinen to fill the 2nd (while Kesler is out) then third line C role? Short term fix, low salary.

Get past the initial vomit your mouth reaction and think about it. Big guy, responsible in his own end, decent hands and shot, good in the dot. No he's not younger, but I have little confidence in Scheoder filling that spot and Manny, well Manny, I think Manny has a tougher time seeing his role than I do.